St. Michael's Parish

Priests Retreat 2026 – Over the last few days, I joined many other priests from different parishes and chaplaincy appointments for our annual retreat. As in previous years, we were blessed with lovely weather and a special time to meet, to pray and to encourage one another. While priests in parish appointments are now stretched…

October – Very soon we will see a big change with the leaves falling, darker mornings and evenings, a sense of autumn and winter approaching.  We have been blessed this year with such beautiful days and hopefully these will continue for some time longer.  September was a long month for schools since reopening in late…

Celebrating Together – In recent weeks and months, many Funeral Masses have been celebrated in the church.  If you visit the Remembrance Tree in the church, you will see many names placed there already since November 2026.  Our parish and community always come together to pray for those who have died and accompany the bereaved. …

Holy Cross Church – on this Sunday, the 12.15pm Mass in Holy Cross will be a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the church.  A Redemptorist led Triduum of Prayer will take place from Monday – Wednesday of this week with 9.30am Mass each morning in Holy Cross Church and a celebration each evening at…

Parish Life – We are blessed with great volunteers and participation in our parish. At this time of the year different groups recommence after the summer break.  We welcome back our choirs and music groups who make our celebrations joyful and prayerful. We are continually grateful to all our Ministers of the Word and Eucharist,…